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Friend's meeting house
- Author:
- BOND Henrietta
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 12.8.99, 1999, pp.32-33.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Discusses how people with mental illness often feel on the outside of society, and this can exacerbate their illness. Describes 'Friend', a resource centre in Weston-super-Mare.
Development of a supported living service for people with enduring mental illness
- Author:
- BAYNE Martin
- Journal article citation:
- Housing Care and Support, 2(1), March 1999, pp.24-27.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Describes how a network of community based service for people in Fareham and Gosport with enduring mental illness was developed by Southern Focus Trust. The experience of setting up this supported living service has demonstrated how flexibility and open working with clients have been able to meet the changing needs of people with enduring mental illness. The flexibility of the service has meant that residents has been able to remain in their home as their needs change and hospital admission is prevented.
Hospital manager's review
- Authors:
- CURRAN Christopher, GRIMSHAW Catherine
- Journal article citation:
- Open Mind, 100, November 1999, pp.28-29.
- Publisher:
- MIND
Compulsory detention under the 1983 Mental Health Act raises important issues relating to the civil liberty of the individual concerned. Hospital managers are the formal detaining authority under the 1983 Mental Health Act, and the Act permits a patient to request a review of their detention. This article reviews the legal responsibilities of the hospital manager.
Out of sight, out of mind
- Author:
- GULLAND Anne
- Journal article citation:
- Nursing Times, 1.9.99, 1999, p.12.
- Publisher:
- Nursing Times
Reports on a new survey from Crisis which reveals that one in three people evicted from their homes has a mental health problem.
Pause for thought
- Author:
- RUSHTON Brian
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health Care, 2(8), April 1999, pp.277-279.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
Reports on how reflective practice has transformed the work of the South West Wirral elderly mental health community team.
Health is where the home is
- Authors:
- GOWMAN Natasha, COOTE Anna
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 25.2.99, 1999, pp.20-21.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Looks at how local people can get together to boost neighbourhood morale.
Unhealthy acts: interpreting narratives of community mental health care in Waikato, New Zealand
- Authors:
- JOSEPH A.E., KEARNS R.A.
- Journal article citation:
- Health and Social Care in the Community, 7(1), January 1999, pp.1-16.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
This paper provides a regional commentary on the progress of deinstitutionalisation in an era of restructuring in New Zealand. The commentary focuses on a region where the transition to community-based psychiatric care has been underway since the announcement of the closure of a hospital. Concludes that the media in New Zealand have a role that extends beyond simply reporting on events.
Patient held information record: adult mental health
- Author:
- PICKERSGILL David
- Publisher:
- Wakefield and Pontefract Community Health
- Publication year:
- 1999
- Pagination:
- 123p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Wakefield
Report on a pilot project undertaken to develop a patient held record system for people with mental health problems. The project was a partnership between Wakefield and Pontefract Community Health Service, who took the lead, and Wakefield SSD and the Richmond Fellowship for Community Mental Health.
The national service framework for mental health
- Author:
- RICHARDS David
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health and Learning Disabilities Care, 3(4), December 1999, pp.136-139.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
This report gives a summary and assessment of the new National Service Framework for mental health, designed to drive forward and monitor service development and improvement.
Day care for mentally disordered offenders
- Authors:
- VAUGHAN Phillip J, KELLY Maria, PULLEN Nick
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Forensic Practice, 1(4), December 1999, pp.9-16.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Day care service provision provides a crucial safety net for mentally disordered offenders, although dedicated services to this group are not widespread, leaving mainstream services to cater for all groups. This survey of provision concludes that an extension of provision would be beneficial.